Uncle Lloyd Chords by The Steel Woods, Darrell Scott
Tempo:
80.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Bm
F#m
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [A] [D]
[A] He was not my father's brother, but he [D] wished that he could be.
[Bm] Told us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, [A] we would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one [D] was 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him into [F#m] our house, [C#] they didn't want [D] him anymore.
[A] He helped us work the family business, building [Gm] fences [D] and the sun.
[Bm] We worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working [D] day was done.
[A] He and dad would spend their evenings sitting in [G] lawn [D] chairs in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] tossed the seagrams, [C#] the seagrams never [D] went down hard.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] we got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down [D] to make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe [E] this [D] time you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, [C#] you won't have [D] to work again.
[A] [G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m] [D]
[A] He was sleeping in the work room, on a [G] mattress [D] on the floor.
[Bm] When one night I heard him [F#m] crying, [C#] as I [C#m] passed [D] outside his door.
[A] He cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [D] darling please don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to make you [F#m] happy, [C#m] I've tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, a tipping [G] up and [D] putting down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not [D] make a sound.
[A] About 30 years of Rita, standing [G] sternly [D] by his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [C#m] all the emptiness [D] inside.
[A] Then I thought of how their children, have [G] children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#] winds up living [D] so alone.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
It's [G] Friday night, you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to [D] work again.
[A] [G]
[D] [Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D] Oh you'll never [A] work again.
[G] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [A] [D]
[A] He was not my father's brother, but he [D] wished that he could be.
[Bm] Told us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, [A] we would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one [D] was 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him into [F#m] our house, [C#] they didn't want [D] him anymore.
[A] He helped us work the family business, building [Gm] fences [D] and the sun.
[Bm] We worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working [D] day was done.
[A] He and dad would spend their evenings sitting in [G] lawn [D] chairs in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] tossed the seagrams, [C#] the seagrams never [D] went down hard.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] we got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down [D] to make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe [E] this [D] time you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, [C#] you won't have [D] to work again.
[A] [G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m] [D]
[A] He was sleeping in the work room, on a [G] mattress [D] on the floor.
[Bm] When one night I heard him [F#m] crying, [C#] as I [C#m] passed [D] outside his door.
[A] He cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [D] darling please don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to make you [F#m] happy, [C#m] I've tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, a tipping [G] up and [D] putting down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not [D] make a sound.
[A] About 30 years of Rita, standing [G] sternly [D] by his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [C#m] all the emptiness [D] inside.
[A] Then I thought of how their children, have [G] children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#] winds up living [D] so alone.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
It's [G] Friday night, you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to [D] work again.
[A] [G]
[D] [Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D] Oh you'll never [A] work again.
[G] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D]
Key:
D
A
Bm
F#m
G
D
A
Bm
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] He was not my father's brother, but he [D] wished that he could be.
[Bm] Told us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, [A] we would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one [D] was 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him into [F#m] our house, [C#] they didn't want [D] him anymore.
_ [A] He helped us work the family business, building [Gm] fences [D] and the sun.
[Bm] We worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working [D] day was done.
[A] He and dad would spend their evenings sitting in [G] lawn [D] chairs in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] tossed the seagrams, [C#] the seagrams never [D] went down hard.
_ [Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] we got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down [D] to make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe [E] this [D] time you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, [C#] you won't have [D] to work again. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] He was sleeping in the work room, on a [G] mattress [D] on the floor.
[Bm] When one night I heard him [F#m] crying, [C#] as I [C#m] passed [D] outside his door.
[A] He cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [D] darling please don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to make you [F#m] happy, [C#m] I've tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, a tipping [G] up and [D] putting down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not [D] make a sound.
[A] About 30 years of Rita, standing [G] sternly [D] by his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [C#m] all the emptiness [D] inside.
_ [A] Then I thought of how their children, have [G] children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#] winds up living [D] so alone. _ _ _
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
It's [G] Friday night, you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to [D] work again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m]
[D] Oh you'll never [A] work again.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] He was not my father's brother, but he [D] wished that he could be.
[Bm] Told us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, [A] we would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one [D] was 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him into [F#m] our house, [C#] they didn't want [D] him anymore.
_ [A] He helped us work the family business, building [Gm] fences [D] and the sun.
[Bm] We worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working [D] day was done.
[A] He and dad would spend their evenings sitting in [G] lawn [D] chairs in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] tossed the seagrams, [C#] the seagrams never [D] went down hard.
_ [Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] we got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down [D] to make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe [E] this [D] time you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, [C#] you won't have [D] to work again. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] He was sleeping in the work room, on a [G] mattress [D] on the floor.
[Bm] When one night I heard him [F#m] crying, [C#] as I [C#m] passed [D] outside his door.
[A] He cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [D] darling please don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to make you [F#m] happy, [C#m] I've tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, a tipping [G] up and [D] putting down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not [D] make a sound.
[A] About 30 years of Rita, standing [G] sternly [D] by his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [C#m] all the emptiness [D] inside.
_ [A] Then I thought of how their children, have [G] children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#] winds up living [D] so alone. _ _ _
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work to do.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
It's [G] Friday night, you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to [D] work again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m]
[D] Oh you'll never [A] work again.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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